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Geologic Features

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A series of (a)   islands in a curved formation typically found near ocean trenches are called island arcs.

2.

Island arcs are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

3.

Underwater mountain ranges are created when the seafloor spreads apart and (a)   rock rises.

4.

Mid-ocean ridges, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

5.

A region where (a)   plate boundaries meet creating a "Y" shape is called a triple junction.

6.

The San Andreas is an example of a (a)   , which is a gap that is formed when two plates slide past one another.

7.

Faults are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

8.

What are the two plates that slide past each other to create the San Andreas Fault?

a)

North American

b)

South American

c)

Eurasian

d)

Pacific

9.

Long, narrow depressions in the ocean floor that occur when a (a)   dense tectonic plate bends downward creating a "V" shape.

10.

The Peru-Chile Trench was created at what type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

11.

The Ring of Fire is a volcanic arc, which is a chain of volcanoes formed above a (a)   plate.

12.

Volcanic arcs are created at which type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

13.

Plates are moving _____ each other at a convergent boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

14.

Plates are moving _____ from each other at a divergent boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

15.

Plates are moving _____ each other at a transform boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

16.

How many tectonic plates exist?

(a)  

17.

What is the highest point on Earth?

a)

Mount Makalu

b)

Mount Lhotse

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Appalachian Mountains

18.

What is the deepest trench on Earth?

a)

Tonga Trench

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Philippine Trench